No bail for man charged in shooting of 5-year-old boy

Vigil for five-year-old shooting victim

Pastors and family members hold a vigil for 5-year-old Jaden Donald, who was critically injured in a shooting at a park in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood on July 4, 2013. One person is in custody for the shooting.

Pastors and family members hold a vigil for 5-year-old Jaden Donald, who was critically injured in a shooting at a park in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood on July 4, 2013. One person is in custody for the shooting.

By Geoff ZiezulewiczTribune reporter

Right before the gunfire took down 5-year-old Jaden Donald the boy who thought he was Spiderman cavorted in West Pullman’s Cooper Park early Friday on the way home with his family from July 4 festivities.

One minute Jaden was “running around, playing, happy, watching the fireworks,” his mother said. But soon after the shots rang out at about 12:30 a.m. Friday, he was listed in critical condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

The family had only been at the park for about 20 minutes, Jasmine Donald said Sunday. “It didn’t take but a second, being in the wrong place at the wrong time,” she said.

Jaden was on a respirator Sunday and his injuries included damage to his pancreas, kidney and spleen, among other injuries, said the Rev. Dan Willis of Lighthouse Church of All Nations in Alsip, where Jaden attends Sunday school.

His mother was optimistic about his prospects, saying he was stable and “doing good.”

Meanwhile, the 24-year-old accused of shooting Jaden and two others was denied bail Sunday.